Daily Briefing: Spite

* Presidential veto pen waits patiently for the chance to make a giant “X” on Democrats Iraq funding/random series of withdrawal “goals” bill. [WP, NYT, LAT]
* Evasive half-assed testimony of Alberto Gonzales remembered fondly by White House. [WP, NYT, LAT]
* Nancy Pelosi’s pet Republican. [WP]
* Paul Wolfowitz gets himself a lawyer. [NYT]
* Never, ever, use the world “Obamanomics” in conversation. [WSJ]
* GAO auditors finally realize there is more to Craigslist than “casual encounters” and that half the Metrocheks the Government gives out end up there. [WP, NYT]